Display device.



C. S. MILLER.

DISPLAY DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 3, 1914.

Patented Feb. 9,

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G. S. MILLER. DISPLAY DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED Novjs, 1914.

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NVENTOR ATTORNEYS "HE NORRIS PETERS CG., PHOTU-LITIHOH WASHINGTON, D. C

CLARENCE S. MILLER, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR T0 KETTER- LINUS LI'IHOGRAPHIC MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENN SYL- VANIA, A CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA.

DISFLAY DEVICE.

Application filed November 3, 1914.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CLARENCE S. MILLER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Display Device, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a new and useful display device, of the knock-down type, which is preferably formed from a single blank and certain portions of which bear pictorial representations and certain of the parts being adapted, when in proper position, to serve for holding the parts in their extended position.

It further consists of other novel features of construction, all as will be hereinafter fully set forth.

In the drawings, I have shown a form and arrangement of the parts which I have found will operate successfully in practice but it will be evident that the arrangement of the parts may be varied and other instrumentalities may be employed which will come within the spirit of, my invention, and I do not therefore desire to be limited to the exact construction as herein shown and described. 7

Figure 1 is a view of the blank in extended position from which the display device is formed. Fig. 2 is a front view of the parts with the closure in open position. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the parts in extended or operative position and the closure open. Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view through substantially the center of the device with the parts as shown in Fig. 3, that is, on line m-a: Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional view of the device in closed condition. Fig. 6 is a horizontal sectional View of the device in closed position.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in the figures.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates the blank of the display device which, as will be seen, is preferably formed from a single piece or sheet of material and which comprises a back or body portion 2 having a top member 3 hinged thereto along one edge and a bottom member 4: hinged thereto at the opposite edge. Hinged to the bottom member 4 is the front portion 5 which is provided with an opening 6 in order that the front portion serves as a Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 9, 1915..

Serial No. 870,021.

frame. Hinged to the side edges of the front portion 5 are the side wings 7 and 8, the upper and lower edges of which are preferably inclined, as at 9 and 10, respectively. It will be understood that, as here shown, I have formed the hinged connectlon of the parts by means of scoring 11, although any suitable form of hinged or movable connection between the parts may be employed.

12 designates a closure for the opening 6 which may be connected with the front 5 in any suitable manner and is preferably provided with an engaging member 13 for operation of the same. The top member 3 is here shown as provided with a flap 14 hinged thereto. The top member 3 is connected in any suitable manner with the rear face of the front 5, in the present instance, by gluing or pasting the flap 14, although it will be understood that any suitable means for movably connecting the top with the front 5 may be employed. I preferably desire that the parts are so arranged that there is a greater distance between the top member 3 and the bottom member 1 at the front of the device than at the rear end and, in order to accomplish this, as shown, the front member 5 is connected with the top member 3 at a point above the point of connection thereof with the rear member or back 2. The top member 3 is preferably narrower, or of less width, than the bottom member 1 so that when the parts are in extended or operative position, there is a slight slant to the front 5. The side members or wings 7 and 8 extend or are situated between the front and back member when the parts are extended and when the device is in knock-down condition suitable for shipping, mailing or otherwise, the side members or wings are situated flat between the front, the body portion and the bottom 1, as clearly seen in Fig. 5. parts in extended position, pressure is applied to the upper and lower edges of the device and by reason of the movable engagement or hinged connection of the parts, the same will be opened up or extended, with the back or body portion spaced from the front, as inthe position seen in Fig. 4:, and by swinging the free ends of the side wings from the front 5, they will be situated at an angle with respect thereto and so To locate the a serve as means for holding the parts in extended position by .the lower edges engaging with the bottom member 4. In the drawings, I have shown the upper and lower edges of the wings in engagement with both the top and bottom members 3 and 4, respectively, out this is not necessary in every instance as the engagement with the bottom member fl: will accomplish the desired result. The closure 12 can be opened out into the position seen in Figs. 3 and 4 or, if desired, canbe torn OE and entirely removed so that the interior'of the device will be viewed from the front. It will be understood that the front of the'body portion and front faces of the side wings 7 and 8 bear pictorial representations so that when the parts are in extended position, a pietorial View or scene is presented.

By forming the blank in the manner disclosed in Fig. 1, it will be understood that Where. the pictorial representations are printed directly upon the back or body portion and upon the side wings, this can all be printed at the same time as they are all on the one side of the blank. To fold the parts, the free ends of the side wings are swung to a position against the front 5 and by pressing upwardly against the bottom 4:, the top body and bottom are moved in the direction. indicated by the arrow in Fig. 4, until the parts lie close together in knockdown position, as seen in Figs. 4 and '5.

It will 'be understood that the opening of the front 5 may be of any shape and that the said front may have pictorial representations thereon, if desired.

Other modes of applying the principle of'my invention may be employed for the mode herein explained. Change may therefore be made as regards the mechanism thus disclosed, provided the principles of construction set forth, respectively, in the following claims are employed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new-and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

-1. A display device formed from a single blank comprising a body portion, a front portion having an opening therein, a bottom member hinged to said body and front, a top member hinged to said body between said body and front and adapted to be situated at an angle to the body and with their lower edges in engagement with the bottom member to hold the parts in operative position.

2. A device of the character stated, a body portion, a front portion having an opening therein, top and bottom connecting members between said body and front and having hinged connection therewith, and side wings having hinged connection with the front and having inclined lower edges, said wings being situated betweenthe body and front and adapted to be placed at an angle therebetween to have their lower edges engage'the bottom member to hold the parts in extended position.

3. A display device formed from a single blank, comprising a body portion, a front portion having an opening therein, a bot tominember hinged to said body and front, a top member hinged to said body and adapted to be hingedly secured to the front, and side wings swingingly supported from the opposite edges of the front to be situated between said body and front and adapted to, be placed at an angle to the body and front and with their lower edges in engagement with the bottom member to hold the parts in operative position.

4:. A collapsible display device, comprising a body portion, a front portion having an opening therein, top and bottom connecting members between said body and front and having hinged connection therewith, and a side wing hingedly connected to an edge of said front and adapted to be situated between the front and body at an angle thereto and having an edge adapted to engage with one of said connecting members, whereby the wing is retained in its angular position and holds the parts in extended position.

CLARENCE S. llIILLER, Witnesses:

W. A. SWANNER, J. B. THOMPSON.

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